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until Sunday you can watch the first episode of The Pacific online at http://www.hbocanada.com/thepacific/video.php  I liked it.

Sure, police do not face a lethal situation at every call, but you should always be prepared for the worst thing to happen, rather than be caught off guard.  Police training teaches you to dehumanize your opponent in many of the same ways that the military does, including human silhouette...

Now now ZC, nobody forced you to be a police officer, and you should expect all these risks of injury...  :blotto:  strangely enough hypocritical words always said by people who aren't the first in line to help someone. I saw an MHA call last week where local EMS got the original call and...

CallofDuty you are asking too many questions and are to be detained.  When the men in black SUVs come, please do not resist.  Your charter rights have been rescinded.

WTShields, is that the Edmonton Remand Centre you speak of?  It was my understanding that prisoners *actually* endured hardship there, because of the harsh overcrowded conditions (I'd love to see it the next time I make a trip to the city). Being in the service industry, I have on occasion...

Against my own better judgement I took a gander at the prison pen pals website listed in the original article.  I'm not sure what kind of prisons that this site caters to, but I got a kick out of the following quote listed in their FAQ's (concerning any nervousness in writing a prisoner)...

RIP both of you, your work will not be forgotten. *title modified

I think that this incident is just  the latest in a string of news events that just go to show that we live in a free and democratic country - where else can you stand up and make such accusations against the "authorities" in question, without fear of being dragged away and never seen again? I...

Yes, the polygraph is to determine your honest/reliability, but that doesn't mean that owning up to bad things automatically gets you off the hook with the interviewer. Not to discourage anyone from applying but if you admit to a serious offence, criminal or otherwise you may not just be just...

that video is...  words cannot describe...  :cdn:

that is a lot of procedure/analysis for the shooting of an injured animal  :o It sounds like the CBSA is put under a lot of scrutiny in order to carry and use defensive firearms - and according to the article, their other tools as well!

I managed to get my shot in advance, along with all the health-care workers, so the vaccine policy in greater alberta must be pretty uneven.  Mind you, now there's a shortage.

My arm is sore as well after I got it today - that's why I had them inject my non-gun arm. Mind you, I got the "real" vaccine, rather than the one for the paranoid masses ;D

I have to smile though when I think of the naiveness of some of these 'enlightened' students reacting strongly to the news. Being a former social sciences student myself (albeit student-soldier) I can see where they come from if they are suddenly witness to a violent act after so many...

Thanks for that info Tommy, that was pretty much what I was expecting to hear...  it's too bad that the mainstream media hasn't made that link, have they?

talk about a hands-on education!  He should have just stuck to hitting the books... In all seriousness, if this really was a mental health incident and not just the after-effects of a curious drug experimentee, I hope that at least now he gets the help he needs. 

...Well unlawful confinement is a whole separate issue...  :blotto: I think that the usage of "meat head" against MPs is a little different than the plethora of derogatory names thrown at the civilian police - as has been pointed out, every branch of the forces has its own nicknames, and at...

I should start flying a black flag from my car...  but being far from Toronto and without anybody else doing the same, it would just send the wrong message...  RIP to the victims of bad driving.

I just made it out to see this movie last night -very entertaining- did anybody else notice that Brad Pitt's character is wearing insignia for the first special service force in his first scene?  He also said that he was fighting in Italy prior to his current posting. As he was walking and...

You would be surprised how many calls the police get about people seeing weapons or what appear to be so...  every one of them is dealt with in the same manner, in order to maintain officer safety.  You just never hear about most because they don't happen to "famous" people. Complacency kills...